
JOE Y. PROCHASKA, 

TrwriTARD ~ 

state Game Warden 
PHOENIX ARIZONA 



The Six Rules for Sportsmen 

1. PREVENT FOREST FIRES. They 
destroy the hunting grounds and the game. 



2. TAKE THE GAME LAW WITH YOU. 

It may be obtained from any Forest Officer 
or License Deputy. 

3. MAKE SURE IT'S A BUCK. It may 

be a doe, a cow, or a man; how would you 

feel? 

4. WET THE HAND BEFORE REMOV- 
ING UNDERSIZED FISH. It prevents 
breaking the mucous covering and the en- 
trance of fatal moulds. 

5. DON'T SHOOT HARMLESS WILD 

LIFE Only sharp Shinned Hawks, Great 

Horned Owls, Prairie Dogs, Porcupines, and 
"V-armints" do more harm than good. 

6. LEAVE A CLEAN CAMP AND A 
CLEAN RECORD. You may want to come 
back. 

^. Of U. 
MAh 3 1919 

ARIZONA STATE PRESS, PHOENIX, ARIZ. 



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REPORT VIOLATIONS OF THE GAME 
LAW TO: 



The State Game Department, Phoenix; 

Any Officer of the U. S. Forest Service; 

Or tXany of the following Field Deputies, 
whose addresses and districts (by counties) 
are given 1;^low: 

D. E. Pettis, JPhoenix, 
Maricopa, Yu^a and Southern Yavapai. 

Zack Eakins, Flagstaff, 

Coconino, Mohave and Northern Yavc-pai. 

O. F. Hicks, Tucson, 

Cochise, Pima and Santa Cruz. 

Frank Maxwell, Nutrioso, 

Navajo, Apache and Greenlee. 

C. N. Greer, Miami, 

Gila, Graham and Pinal. 

Such 'reports will receive prompt and 
careful attention. 



STATE GAME REFUGES 
Created by the Third Legislature of Arizona, 
1917. 

For the better protection of the wild game 
birds and game animals of Arizona, and to 
provide a safe breeding place and refuge 
therefor, from which the surrounding coun- 
try may be stocked and replenished with 
game, the following described areas have 
been set aside as State Game Preserves: 

MOUNT GRAHAIVI 

The boundaries of the Mount Graham 
State Game Preserve, as hereby established, 
shall conform exactly with the boundaries 
of that portion of the Crook National For- 
est, commonly known as the Graham moun- 
tains. 

HUACHUCA 

The boundaries of the Huachuca State 
Game Preserve, as hereby established, shall 
conform exactly with the boundaries of that 
portion of the Coronado National Forest ly- 
ing between Meridians 110 and 111 of longi- 
tude and south of the Fourth Standard Par- 
allel south, commonly known as the Hua- 
chuca and Patagonia mountains lying within 
said boundaries. 

BLUE RANGE 

The boundaries of the Blue Range Game 
Preserve, as hereby established, shall con- 
form exactly with the boundaries of that 
portion of the Apache National Forest Re- 
serve of Greenlee County. 

PINAL MOUNTAINS 

The boundaries of the Pinal Mountains 
State Game Preserve, as hereby established. 



shall conform exactly with the boundaries 
of that portion of the Crook National For- 
est Reserve, commonly known as the Pinal 
mountains, all of which are situated in said 
Crook National Forest Reserve. 

GRAZING UNDER U. S. PTRMITS 

The acts creating these four game refuges 
provide that stock grazing, as permitted by 
the United States government, shall be al- 
lowed on the State Game Preserves. 

VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES 

It shall be unlawful for any person or per- 
sons to hunt, trap, kill, capture or pursue 
any bird or animal whatsoever within the 
limits of any State Game Preserve within 
the State of Arizona; provided that the pro- 
visions of this Act shall not apply to the 
killing, capture or destruction of any moun- 
tain lion, wolf, fox, coyote, lynx or wildcat, 
or other obnoxious animal, under such regu- 
lations as the State Game Warden may pre- 
scribe. Any person or persons violating the 
provisions of this section shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon con- 
viction, be fined not less than Fifty Dollars, 
nor more than Two Hundred and Fifty Dol- 
lars, or shall be imprisoned in the county 
jail for a period of not less than three 
months, nor more than one year, or shall 
suffer both such fine and imprisonment, in 
the discretion of the court. 



To The Sportsmen: 

The shooting of most of the game birds 
and animals of the state is lawul. Before 
you start on your fall hunting trips, we wish 
you to consider the following propositions: 

THE RANCHER AND FARMER AND THE 
SPORTSMAN 

Title to the wild life is vested in the State 
or the Nation (depending on the species), 
but whether or not you will be permitted to 
hunt on most of the land in the State rests 
with the landowners. Your hunter's license 
does not give you the right to go on any 
man's land against his wish. It is, there- 
fore, squarely up to you to decide whether 
your actions will encourage the Ranchmen 
and Farmers to refrain from posting, or 
whether, by reason of acts of vandalism and 
thoughtl ssness (to say nothing of negli- 
gence on your part), the owner of the land 
in self-protection will be compelled to keep 
you off. 

If your record is good, what will you do 
this year to force guilty persons to under- 
stand that they are threatening the exist- 
ence of your sport? We believe the land- 
owners will meet you more than half way, 
and will not go to the expense of posting, 
and suffer the loss of time patrolling, unless 
you drive them to it. 

It is up to the 20,000 hunters in the State 
to act as field agents for the landowners, to 
assist in prosecuting any violations of prop- 
erty rights, and to see to it that the country 



is left in better condition than they 
found it. 

WILD LIFE— FUTURE OF THE SPORT 

It is elementary that the destruction of 
more wild life each year than comes into 
existence means rapid and complete exter- 
mination. Your slogan should be, — put back 
two for every one taken. To do this — kill 
vermin, feed the birds in the winter, observe 
reasonable bag limits, and assist in artifi- 
cial propagation. If you are in doubt as to 
what to do, write to us. 

Every sportsman should be equally inter- 
ested in preserving the insectivorous birds. 
They are of untold value to the land. This 
is one positive way to help the man over 
whose land you hunt each year. 

gAme laws and deputies 

The game laws were enacted for your 
benefit, and restrict the taking of wild life 
to make possible your slogan of putting back 
two for every one taken out (and this ap- 
plies equally to birds, quadrupeds and fish). 
Their violation means a greater loss to you 
than to others because this is your sport. 

The deputy is working for your interest. 
His district is unlimited. If he covers a 
square mile today, it may take him over a 
year to get around to it again. He is your 
servant, but will appreciate your help. His 
interests should be your interests. He has 
dedicated his life to assist in establishing 
the improved conditions of sport which you 
desire. A good many hunters think that 
violating the fish and game laws and get- 
ting away with it is part of the game. The 
more you think this over, we believe the 
less willing you will be to subscribe to this 
doctrine. 



FIELD DEPORTMENT 

Don't shoot until you clearly see your 
game, and not even then unless you have 
your partner located. Stop if some build- 
ing is in line with your shot. The only safe 
gun is the one apart in your case. You 
can't be too careful with it at any time. 
Give your partner a few of the shots. Don't 
try for a "hundred per cent"; the man never 
lived who could do it day in and day out. 
Give your dog a square deal, and if you 
have nglected him for eleven months, don't 
expect him to be a finished hunter and going 
strong at the end of the first day. 

FOREST FIRES 

Every square mile burned over means a 
great loss to the landowner, who from now 
on you are going to protect. It means less 
shooting ground for you and less breeding 
ground for game. Report a fire to the 
nearest town forest warden. Help fight it. 
Break your match in two before you throw 
it away. 



ARIZONA 

FISH AND GAME LAW 

TITLE XVIII— Penal Code 



Preservation of (jame and Fish 

LICENSE, KINDS, BY WHOM ISSUED: 

651. No person shall at any time shoot, 
or take in any manner, any game which is 
by law protected in this State without first 
having in his possession a hunting license 
as herein provided, for the year such shoot- 
ing is done. Licenses shall be issued by the 
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, State 
Game Warden, or such deputies as may be 
designated for that purpose by the State 
Game Warden. Such licenses shall be classi- 
fied as follows: 

(1) A general hunting license shall en- 
title the person therein named to hunt game 
quadrupeds, birds, and take fish during the 
open season thereof. 

(2) A big game license shall entitle the 
person therein named to hunt game quad- 
rupeds during the open season thereof. The 
term 'big game" includes wild turkeys. 

(3) A bird license shall entitle the per- 
son therein named to hunt game birds, other 
than wild turkeys, during the open season 
thereof. 

LICENSE, HOW TO OBTAIN: 

652. Any person of the age of twelve 
years or over may, if a non-resident or alien, 
procure hunting licenses as herein provided 
by filing his affidavit, and if a resident, by 
filing a certificate with the Clerk of the 



Board of Supervisors, State Game Warden 
or any deputy warden, authorized to issue 
hunting licenses, stating therein his name, 
age, height, weight, place of residence, post 
office address, and color of hair and eyes. 
No license shall be issued except on a blank 
furnished by the State Game Warden, and 
on payment of the sum herein provided for 
such license. All hunting licenses shall be 
numbered consecutively, when printed and 
shall expire with the calendar year in which 
issued and shall state the name, age, height, 
weight, place of residence, post office ad- 
dress and color of hair and eyes of licensee. 
LICENSE, WHO IS ENTITLED TO: 

653. Any person who has been a bona 
fide resident of this State for the one year 
then last passed, shall be entitled to procure 
a resident hunting license. 

Any person not a bona fide resident of 
this State, but who is a bona fide resident 
of the United States, shall be entitled to 
procure a non-resident hunting license. 
POSSESSION OF GAME WITHOUT 
LICENSE: 

654. The possession of game or fish at 
any time, unaccompanied by a valid license 
or permit, shall be prima facie evidence that 
such game or fish was unlawfully taken and 
is unlawfully held. And it shall be the dut/ 
of every person to produce a proper license 
or permit when called upon to do so by 
any game warden and permit the same to 
be examined and copied. 

OPEN SEASON: (As amended by Initiative 

Act, Nov. 7, 1916) 
BAG LIIVIITS: 

654. The open season, inclusive of both 
dates mentioned, for hunting or taking game 
birds, game animals and fish, and the bag 
limit on each, shall be as follows: 



Male deer, October 1 to November 1; bag 
limit, one deer with horns, during season. 

Wild turkey, October 1 to November 1; 
bag limit, two, during season. 

Ducks, geese, coots, rail and larger shore 
birds, October 15 to January 31; bag limit, 
20 birds of all said varieties in one day, or 
in possession at any one time. 

Doves and whitewings, July 15 to Decem- 
ber 31; bag limit, not exceeding 25 birds in 
possession at any one time, or in one day, 
counting both varieties. 

Gambel's or Valley quail, October 15 to 
December 31; bag limit, not to exceed 20 
birds in one day or in possession at any 
one time. 

Trout, of all kinds, June 1 to September 
1 ; bag limit, 25 individual fish, not less than 
seven inches long, in one day or in posses- 
sion at one time. 

All other kinds of fish, January 1 to De- 
cember 31; bag limit, not to exceed 25 
pounds in one day, or in possession at one 
time, including all kinds here referred to. 

Any person who shall take any fish under 
seven inches in length, of any variety of 
fish protected by this title, is hereby re- 
quired to return such fish, as little injured 
as possible, to the waters from which they 
were taken. Any person failing to abide by 
the provisions of this section shall be guilty 
of a misdemeanor. 

SPECIES ENTIRELY PROTECTED: 

655. It shall be unlawful to kill, trap, or 
snare, or in any manner injure or destroy, 
or have in possession, any antelope, elk, 
goat or mountain sheep, female deer, or 
fawn, roadrunner, bob white, grouse or 
pheasant. It shall be unlawful to kill, trap, 
snare, or in anv manner injure or destroy, 
any carrier or homing pigeon, the property 
of another. 



POSSESSION AFTER SEASON IS 
CLOSED: 

656. No game or fish shall be held in 
possession more than five days after the 
close of the season for the killing of the 
same, 

ILLEGAL METHODS AND DEVICES: 
657. No game shall be pursued, wounded, 
taken or killed, with a steel or hard-pointed 
bullet, nor shall any person use in the pur- 
suit, taking, wounding, or killing of any 
animals, birds, or fish, protected by this 
title, any net, seine, trap, cage, snare, salt 
lick, blind, scaffold, deadfall, pit, snag hook, 
trout line, artificial light or similar device 
whatever, provided that dogs, blinds, sinks 
and decoys may be used in hunting birds. 

STORAGE OF GAME: 

658. No game or fish shall be received or 
held in storage except as follows, namely: 

During the open season therefor, and 
for five days thereafter, when the same is 
stored for the person lawfully in possession 
of the same. 

SALE OR EXPORT OF GAME AND FISH 
PROHIBITED: 

659. Any person who at any time shall 
buy, sell or barter, any bird, fish or animal 
protected by this act, shall be guilty of a 
misdemeanor. Any person who, during the 
time when its killing or taking is prohibited, 
shall transport or attempt to transport any 
bird, fish or animal protected by this act 
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any per- 
son who at any time shall transport or 
attempt to transport from the State, any 
bird, fish or animal protected by this 
act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 
The provisions of this section shall not 
be so construed as to conflict in any way 
with the provisions of Sec. 666 of this act. 

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DESTRUCTION OF ILLEGAL 
DEVICES: 

660. Every net, trap, explosive, poison- 
ous or stupefying substance or device, used, 
or intended for use, in taking or killing 
game, or fish in violation of this title, and 
set, kept, or found in or upon any of the 
streams or waters of this State, or upon the 
shores thereof, and every trap, device, blind 
or deadfall found baited in violation of this 
title, is hereby declared a nuisance and 
may be abated and summarily destroyed 
by any person, and it shall be the 
duty of every officer authorized to en- 
force this title to seize and summarily 
destroy the same and no prosecution or suit 
shall be maintained for such destruction; 
provided, that nothing in this title shall be 
construed as affecting the right of the State 
Game Warden to use such means as may be 
proper for the promotion of game and fish 
propagation and culture, nor as authorizing 
the seizure or destruction of firearms. 
POSSE EXPENSE: 

661. The necessary and ordinary fees and 
expenses of ever^^ nosse lawfully summoned 
and engaged in the enforcement of this 
title shall be taxed as part of the costs, and 
if not collected from the person liable there- 
for, shall be paid out of the game protec- 
tion fund. 

JAIL SENTENCE: 

662. Whenever, upon conviction, the per- 
son convicted fails to pay the fine and costs 
imposed upon him, if over eighteen years 
of age, he shall be committed to the coun- 
ty jail and shall there be kept confined one 
day for each dollar of the fine and cost 
adjudged against him and he shall not be 
discharged or released therefrom by any 
board of officers, except upon the payment 



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of the portion of the fine and costs remain- 
ing unserved or upon the order of the 
Governor of this State. 
GAME WARDEN MAY REVOKE 
LICENSE: 

663. If the holder of any license shall 
persistently, or flagrantly, or knowingly, 
violate or countenance the violation of any 
of the provisions of the game laws, such 
license shall be revoked by the Game 
Warden after due notice shall have been 
given the alleged violator and apportunity 
afforded him to appear and show cause 
against the revocation of such license. 
STATE'S EVIDENCE: 

664. In any prosecution under this title, 
any participant in violation thereof, when 
so requested by the County Attorney, State 
Game Warden, or other officers, instituting 
the prosecution, may testify as witness 
against any other persons charged with 
such violation, and his evidence so given 
shall not be used against him in any prose- 
cution for such violation. 

COURT'S REPORT TO STATE 
WARDEN: 

665. It shall be the dut- of every Justice 
of the Peace and Clerk of the Court before 
whom any prosecution under this title may 
be commenced, or shall go on appeal, and 
within twenty days after the trial or dis- 
missal thereof, to report in writing the re- 
sults -thereof, and the amount of fines col- 
lected, if any, and the disposition thereof, 
to the State Game Warden. 

PERMITS FOR SCIENTIFIC AND 
PROPAGATION PURPOSES: 

666. The State Game Warden may issue 
permits to any person to take, capture, kill, 
transport within or out of the State, or 



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import into the State, any game, birds, or 
fish mentioned in this title, at any time 
when satisfied that such person desires the 
same exclusively as specimens for scientific 
or propagating purposes. Such permits shall 
be in writing and shall state the kind and 
number to be taken and the manner of tak- 
ing, the name of the person to whom issued, 
and if imported into the State, the name 
of the State or Territory from which ship- 
ped, and the name of the person shipping 
such game, birds or fish and shall be signed 
by him, and such permit shall not be trans- 
ferable nor shall it be lawful to sell or 
barter any of the animals, birds or fish, 
taken or imported under such permit, for 
food purposes, and the holder of such per- 
mit shall be liable to the penalties provided 
in this title if he violates any of its pro- 
visions. 

'REDEMPTION OF YOUNG ANIMALS: 
i 667. The State Game Warden may auth- 
orize the redemption, by any resident of 
this State, of any young animal which has 
been abandoned by its mother and taken 
in good faith for the purpose of saving its 
life, but not more than four such animals 
shall be redeemed by one person at the 
same time. He may also at any time, and 
in any manner, take any game running at 
large within the State, for the purpose of 
propagating in any other part of the State. 
CIVIL SUITS, MINIMUM DAMAGES: 

668. The State Game Warden, if he so 
elects, or any other officer charged with 
the enforcement of the laws relating to 
game and fish, if so directed by the State 
Game Warden, may bring civil action in the 
name of the State against any person un- 
lawfully wounding or killing or having un- 
lawfully in possession, any game quad- 

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ruped, bird or fish, or part thereof, and re- 
cover judgment for each such animal or 
part thereof, the following minimum sums 
as damages for the taking, killing, or in- 
juring thereof, to-wit: 

For each elk $200.C0 

For each deer 50.00 

For each antelope 100.00 

For each Mtn. sheep or goat 200.00 

For each bird 10.00 

For each fish 1.00 

No judgment or verdict recovered by the 
State in such action shall be less than the 
sum hereinbefore fixed. Such action and 
damages may be joined with the action for 
possession and recovery had for the pos- 
session and also the damages therefor, 
aforesaid. Neither the pendeno^^ nor the 
determination of such action, nor the pay- 
ment of such judgment, nor the pendency 
nor determination of a criminal prosecu- 
tion for the same taking, wounding, killing, 
or possession, shall be a bar to the other, 
nor affect the right of the other. 

SEAL OF OFFICE: 

669. The State Game Warden shall keep 
a seal of office which shall be used to 
authenticate all papers and documents is- 
sued and executed by him as such officer. 

RECORD OF MONEY; LICENSE FEE (As 
Amended by Initiative Act, Nov. 7, 1916). 

670. The State Game Warden shall keep 
a record of all moneys received and all 
licenses, certificates, permits, and tags is- 
sued by him, numbering each class separate- 
ly, and upon satisfactory proof that any 
license, certificate, or permit has been lost 
before the expiration thereof, he may issue 
a duplicate therfor, for which the applicant 
shall pay the sum of ten cents. 



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The State Game Warden and license col- 
lectors shall charge and collect the follow- 
ing license fees: 

A fee of $1.25 shall be collected from a 
resident for a license to fish by means of 
hook and line in the public waters of the 
State, and to hunt and take any kind of 
game during the open season therefor, on 
the public domain. 

A fee of $20 shall be collected from aliens 
and non-residents for license to fish in the 
public waters of the State, by means of hook 
and line and to hunt and take any kind of 
game during the open season therefor, on 
the public domain. 

A fee of $10 shall be collected from aliens 
and non-residents for a license to fish by 
means of a hook and line, in the public 
waters of the State, and to hunt and take 
any kind of game during the open season 
therefor (excepting deer and turkey), on 
the public domain. 
SHOT GUNS: 

671. It shall be unlawful for any person 
in the State of Arizona to use a gun of 
larger calibre than that commonly known 
and designated as number ten gauge, for the 
purpose of destroying any wild turkey, dove, 
quail, wild duck, wild goose, snipe or rail. 

ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF EGGS: 

672. It shall be unlawful for any person 
in the State of Arizona to take, gather, or 
destroy, or have in possession at any time, 
the eggs of any quail, bob-white, partridge, 
grouse, pheasant, dove, wild turkey, wild 
duck, wild goose, brant, snipe, rail, or any 
song bird of any kind. 

SHOOTING ON PUBLIC HIGHWAY: 

673. It shall be unlawful for any person 
to shoot a revolver, rifle, or shot gun of 



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any calibre or gauge, upon, from or across 
any public highway of the State of Arizona, 
where there is cultivated land or dwelling 
houses either side thereof, or where shot 
from such gun, shall fall in, or pass over any 
cultivated land or dwelling houses, or among 
stock, or other animals grazing on land 
contiguous to such public highway. 
SONG BIRDS: 

674. It shall be unlawful for anv person 
in the State of Arizona, at any time to 
hunt, pursue, kill or destroy any lark, 
thrush, sparrow, swallow, grosbeak, or 
tanager, or any other song bird of any kind, 
provided, that nothing in this title be so 
construed as to interfere with the collection 
of birds for scientific purposes by the 
Curator of the State Museum, or by any 
other person authorized by the State Game 
Warden of this State to collect. 

HUNTING BY INDIANS: 

675. It shall be unlawful for any Indian 
in the State of Arizona, at any time, to hunt, 
take, pursue, kill, or destroy, any game or 
fish mentioned in this title, off the Govern- 
ment Reservation to which he belongs. 
HUNTING BY MINORS: 

676. All American born persons, resi- 
dents of this State, under the age of seven- 
teen years may have tv>" ^•^mp privileges as 
one holding a general license, without cost 
provided they are accompanied by a person 
holding a general license. 

PRINTING, LICENSE COLLECTION 
AND THEIR REPORTS: 

677. It shall be the duty of the State 
Game Warden, and he shall have the author- 
ity to procure the printing of all forms and 
blanks that may be required to carry out 



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the intent of this title and not inconsistent 
herewith, and all necessary blanks shall be 
furnished by him to the several license col- 
lectors. No license shall be issued except 
on an application sworn to by the applicant, 
and any false statement in any application 
shall render the license issued thereon void. 
Every license collector shall keep a correct 
and complete record of every license issued 
by him, which record shall remain in his 
office and be open to inspection of the public 
at all times. All moneys collected for li- 
censes shall be sent to the State Treasurer 
on or before the tenth day of the month 
following, and license collectors shall re- 
port to the State Game Warden the num- 
ber of licenses issued, and the amount of 
money remitted. 
STATE GAME PROTECTION FUND: 

678. All moneys sent to the State Treas- 
urer in payment of hunting licenses, per- 
mits, certificates, fines, penalties, or for- 
feitures, shall be set asid" ^- him, and shall 
constitute a fund to be known as the Game 
Protection Fund, for the payment of the 
printing, publishing of reports, postage, ex- 
press, and other necessarv and office ex- 
penses, and the per diem salaries and neces- 
sary expenses of deputies; for the purchase, 
transportation, distribution and propagation 
of game and fish. 

The State Game Warden shall not issue 
any voucher, nor shall the State Auditor 
approve any such voucher issued by the 
State Game Warden under the provisions 
of this title, or otherwise, for any services 
or expenses of any kind, unless the money 
to pay such voucher shall at the time be on 
hand to pay the same. 
DISPOSITION OF FINES: 

679. All moneys collected for fines un- 

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der this- title shall be immediately paid over 
by the Justice of the Peace or Clerk collect- 
ing or receiving the same, as follows: 

One-half to the State Treasurer, to be 
by him credited to the Game Protection 
Fund. 

And one-half to the person or deputy in- 
stituting the prosecution, except in cases 
where such prosecution is instituted by sal- 
aried officers, in which case such fines shall 
all be paid over to the State Treasurer, to 
be by him credited to the Game Protection 
Fund. The State Treasurer shall render 
monthly statements to the State Game 
Warden, showing all moneys received and 
paid out under the provisions of this title. 
BIRDS NOT PROTECTED: 

680. The English or European sparrow, 
great horned owl, and all species of hawks, 
are not included among the birds protected 
by this title. 

TIME LIMIT ON PROSECUTION: 

681. Prosecution under this title may be 
commenced within one month from the date 
of violation of any of the provisions of this 
titlo, either by complaint or information . 
BIRD PETS: 

682. Nothing in this title shall prevent 
a citizen of the State of Arizona from taking 
or keeping any wild bird in any cage, as a 
domestic pet, provided that such bird shall 
not be sold or exchanged or offered for sale 
or exchange, or transported out of this State. 
FISHING WITH HOOK AND LINE 

ONLY: 

683. It shall be unlawful for any person 
or persons to catch, kill, or have in his or 
their possession, any species of trout or game 
food fish found in any of the public streams 
or waters of this State, unless said fish 



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has been taken with a hook and line attached 
to a rod or held in the hand, and any per- 
son or persons, catching, killing, or having 
in their possession, any such fish, taken in 
any other manner, shall be deemed guilty of 
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof 
shall be punished by a fine of not less than 
twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dol- 
lars or by imprisonment for not less than 
ten days, nor more than thirty days, or by 
both such fine and imprisonment, in the 
discretion of the court, and every fish caught 
or killed in violation hereof, shall constitute 
a separate and distinct offense. 

PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS: 

684. Any person violating any of the pro- 
visions of this title shall be punished by a 
fine of not less than ten dollars nor more 
than one hundred dollars, or by imprison- 
ment for not less than ten days nor more 
than ninety days, or by both such fine and 
imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. 
STATE GAME WARDEN. 

APPOINTMENT: 

685. Within thirty days after the be- 
coming effective of this title there shall be 
appointed by the Governor of the State of 
Arizona an officer to be known as the State 
Game Warden of the State of Arizona, whose 
term of office shall be two years, and until 
his successor shall be appointed, and shall 
have qualified. His duties shall be as pre- 
scribed by this title. 

COMPENSATION OF GAME WARDEN 
AND OFFICE DEPUTY: 

686. Such State Game Warden before 
entering upon the discharge of his duties, 
shall qualify by taking the oath required by 
law to be taken by officers of the State of 
Arizona and by filing with the Secretary of 



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state aftier approval by the Governor, a good 
and sufficient bond with two or more 
sureties or a duly qualified surety company 
in the sum of two thousand dollars condi 
tioned for the faithful performance and dis- 
charge of his duties, and shall receive as full 
compensation for his services the sum of 
eighteen hundred dollars per annum, and 
his necessary traveling expenses, not to ex- 
ceed the sum of one thousand dollars per 
annum; and shall be allowed one office 
deputy, who shall receive a salary of twelve 
hundred dollars per annum. Such salaries 
and expenses to be paid out of the general 
fund of the State in the same manner as the 
salaries of other State officers are paid. 

DEPUTY WARDEN. DUTIES AND 

POWERS; PER DIEM. EXPENSES 
WHILE ON DUTY. 

687. Each Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, Con- 
stable and Live Stock Sanitary Inspector is 
hereby appointed and designated a -jtate 
Deputy Game Warden, 

The State Game Warden may appoint 
such Deputy County Game Wardens as to 
him may seem proper (and may remove 
them from office), who shall be residents 
of the county from which they are appoint- 
ed, and who shall be especially charged with 
the duty of enforcing the fish and game lav/s 
in their respective counties, and may be des- 
ignated as license collectors, each deputy so 
appointed shall qualify by filing with the 
State Game Warden an oath of office iii the 
form prescribed by law for a State of'jcer. 
It shall be the duty of the State Game 
Warden and of each State and Co rity 
Deputy Game Warden to rigidly and strictly 
enforce the provisions of this law and all 
other laws of the State of Arizona for the 
protection of fish and game of whatsoever 



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kind or description, and to institute or cause 
to be instituted prosecutions for any and 
all violations of such laws, and to this end 
such State Game Warden and each of his 
deputies are hereby authorized and required 
to arrest, or cause to be arrested all vio- 
lators of such laws and to lodge accusailons 
against them in a court of competent juris- 
diction in the premises; to gather e\if<ence 
on behalf of the prosecution of sa?h of- 
fenders and to do all things necessa'^y to 
the punishment hereunder and under the 
laws of thi.. State on the subject of fish and 
game and the protection thereof. For failure 
to arrest and prosecute any person violating 
the provisions of this or other law^s of the 
State of Arizona for the protection of fish 
and game such State Game Warden or such 
deputy shall be liable to a fine of not less 
than one hundred dollars and not more tnan 
two hundred and fifty dollars, or by impris- 
onment for not less than thirty days and 
not more than ninety days, or by both such 
fine and imprisonment; provided, that such 
violation come within the knowledge of 
such State Game Warden or deputy. The 
conviction thereof shall also operate as a 
removal of such person from office. The 
State Game Warden shall have pow3r to 
pay such deputies as he shall designa-.e for 
specific duties a per diem of three dollars 
and actual necessary expenses wh'ie under 
the direct order of the State Game v^'arden 
in the performance of duties in enforcing the 
fish and game laws; provided, that the State 
Game Warden shall not designate deputies 
for services requiring per diem or expenscL' 
for specific duties except when there are 
sufficient funds in the game protection fund 
to pay for such services. The salaries, per 
diem, and expenses of the deputies shall be 
paid semi-monthly upon verified v ^uchers 

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under Oath, approved by the State Gaire 
Warden, out of the game protection t'md. 

LICENSE. WHEN NOT REQUIRED: 

688. No license shall be required by any 
person, who, during the open season on his 
own lands, hunts, pursues, or kills any of the 
wild birds or animals protected by the laws 
of this State, nor shall this title apply to the 
taking of fish from private artificial ponds 
or reservoirs with the permiss- on of the 
owner . 

FISH FOR PRIVATE OR PUBLIC 
WATERS 

The Bureau of Fisheries w.'l undertake 
to furnish fish to individuals iVr ytocking 
public snd private waters. Biankn upon 
which to submit formal applications will 
be supplied on request, either by the State 
Game Warden, or by the Bureau at Wash- 
ington, D. C. Assignments of li'.h are made 
large enough to form the nucleus for a 
brood stock for a given arei of water, and 
are delivered at the applicant's railroad sta- 
tion free of charge. From the information 
given in these applications the Bureau de- 
cides as to the suitability of the waters for 
the fish asked for and reserves the right to 
substitute other species if in its judgment 
the applicant's selection is ill chosen, or it 
is impossible, with its limited facilities, to 
supply the species specified within a rea- 
sonable length of tme. 

BOUNTIES PAID BY COUNTIES 

The following information is given for the 
accomodation of trappers and others inter- 
ested in the subject; 

REVISED STATUTES OF ARIZONA 
Title LVII 

5547. Each Board of Supervisors in this 



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state shall pay as rewards for the destruc- 
tion of wild animals in their counties, as 
follows: Lobos or Timber Wolves, Moun- 
tain lions, Pumas and Panthers, ten dollars 
each; and may pay for the destruction of 
the following wild animals in their coun- 
ties, as follows: Coyotes, two dollars each; 
Raccoons, twenty-five cents each; Lynx and 
Wild Cats one dollar each; and Jack Rabbits, 
Gophers and Prairie Dogs, five cents each. 
5548. The person who shall kill any of 
the above named animals, in order to re- 
ceive the reward mentioned in the preced- 
ing paragraph, shall produce the entire hide 
of such animal, except Jack Rabbits, the 
ears of which shall be sufficient, before the 
Board of Supervisors in and for the county 
in which such animal was killed. 

EXCERPTS FROM THE FEDERAL 
REGULATIONS FOR THE PRO- 
TECTION OF MIGRA- 
TORY BIRDS 

All wild geese, wild swans, wild ducks, 
snipes, plover, woodcock, rail, wild pigeons, 
and all other migartory game and insectiv- 
orous birds which in their northern and 
southern migrations pass through or do not 
remain permanently the entire year within 
the borders of any State or Territory, shall 
hereafter be deemed to be within the cus- 
tody and protection of the Government of 
the United States, and shall not be de- 
stroyed or taken contrary to regulations 
hereinafter provided therefor. 

REGULATION 1. DEFINITION 

For the purpose of these regulations the 
following shall be considered migratory 
game birds: 

(a) Anatidae or waterfowl, Including 
brant, wild ducks, geese, and swans. 



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(b) Gruidae or cranes, including little 
brown, sandhill, and whooping cranes. 

(c) Rallidae or rails, including coots, 
gallinules, and sora, and other rails. 

(d) Limicolae or shore birds, includ- 
ing avocets, curlew, dowitchers, godwits, 
knots, oyster catchers, phalaropes, plover, 
sandpipers, snipe, stilts, surf birds, turn- 
stones, willets, woodcock, and yellow legs. 

(e) Columbidae or pigeons, including 
doves and wild pigeons. 

For the purposes of these regulations the 
following shall be considered migratory in- 
sectivorous birds: 

(f) Bobolinks, catbirds, chickadees, cuc- 
koos, flickers, flycatchers, grosbeaks, hum- 
ming birds, kinglets, martins, meadowlarks, 
nighthawks or bull bats, nuthatches, orioles, 
robins, titmice, thrushes, vircos, warblers, 
waxwings, whippoorwills, woodpeckers and 
wrens, and all other perching birds which 
feed entirely or chiefly on insects. 

REGULATION 2. CLOSED SEASON 
AT NIGHT 

A daily closed season on all migratory 
game and insectivorous birds shall extend 
from sunset to sunrise, 

FEDERAL SEASONS: 

Open season for ducks, geese, coots, rail 
and larger shore birds is between same 
dates as the state law provides, as amended 
by Initiative Act, Nov. 7, 1916. 

Closed season until September 1, 1918, on 
band-tailed pigeons (Arizona wild pigeon), 
swans, cranes, curlew and all the smaller 
shore birds. 



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The difference between wanton killing 
and protection is the difference between 
brutality and humanity, or between the sav- 
age and the civilized factual — not so-called) 
man. 

Everything in nature has its natural ene- 
mies that preserve a balance between over- 
production and extermination; but this pro- 
vision of nature does not allow for the per- 
sistent pursuit of any of her creatures by 
wanton and ingenious agencies. The inevi- 
table result of such pursuit is extermination 
of the most desired species. 

One species after another of the wild game 
of the continent has r-assed into oblivion be- 
fore the merciless onslaught of the sports- 
man (?) 

Arizona is still favored in the possession 
of a few species almost extinct in other 
parts of the country. It depends upon our 
citizens whether or not these shall be pre- 
served among the natural sources of wealth 
and beauty of the State. 

EVERY GOOD CITIZEN IS A GAME 
WARDEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRO- 
TECTING HIS OWN PUBLIC PROPERTY. 



SIX RULES FOR CARE 

WITH FIRE IN THE 

MOUNTAINS 

Prescribed by the United States 
Forest Service 

If Every Member of the Public Strictly 
Observed These Simple Rules, the Great 
Annual Loss by Forest Fires Would Be 
Reduced to a Minimum. 

1. Be sure your match is out before you 
throw it away. 

2. Knock out your pipe ashes or throw 
your cigar or cigarette stump where there 
is nothing to catch fire. 

3. Don't build a camp fire any larger 
than is absolutely necessary. Never leave 
it even for a short time, without putting it 
OUT with water or earth. 

4. Don't build a camp fire against a tree 
or log. Build a small one where you can 
scrape away the needles, leaves or grass 
from all sides of it. 

5. Don't build bonfires. The wind may 
come up at any time and start a fire you 
cannot control. 

6. If you discover a fire, put it out if pos- 
sible; if you can't, get word of it tr> the 
nearest U S. Forest Ranger or State Fire 
Warden just as quickly as you possibly can. 



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